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Lambda variant of COVID-19 emerges in UK: All you need to know about strain originally discovered in Peru
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe Lambda variant was originally discovered in Peru and 81 percent of the coronavirus cases in the country since April are related to the strain
Delta COVID-19 variant is 'most transmissible' so far, spreading rapidly in unvaccinated groups: WHO
Fp Staff • 4 years agoWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus added that more cases means more hospitalisations, which will further stretch health workers and health systems
Delta variant more contagious, resistant to vaccines than other COVID-19 variants: Here's all we know
• 4 years agoScientists agree that the best defence against the Delta variant is to get a full two-dose vaccination against coronavirus.
Two COVID-19 vaccine doses highly effective against Delta variant, finds UK study
• 4 years agoTwo jabs of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine stopped need for in-patient treatment by 96 percent while the Oxford/AstraZeneca stopped 92 percent.
Delta COVID-19 variant caused second wave in India over April and May, says consortium of national labs
• 4 years agoThe B.1.617 mutation was found in high levels in genomes sequenced in Maharashtra (2,077), West Bengal (630), Delhi (1,458), Karnataka (225) as of 28 May
UK says Delta COVID-19 variant is now dominant; 5,472 new cases this week
• 4 years agoThe Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2, is a highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) that was first identified in India
COVID-19 variant responsible for India's massive outbreak found in 44 countries: WHO
• 4 years agoOutside of India, it said that Britain had reported the largest number of Covid cases caused by the variant.